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the tenure of a vassal was permanent and heritable by his children. The property could not be taken away from them legally except for high crimes, such as treason.
VILLEIN
one step above the serf; equivalent to the sharecropper of the early twentieth century
The villein was a free man (not bound to the land like the serf), but he did not usually own his land.
WIMPLE
a veil of linen or silk worn by women and so folded as to envelop the head, hair, chin, sides of the face and neck

 
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